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inside word DQ Editor Alice Blackwood dq@indesign.com.au Art Direction

Deputy Art Director Bronwyn Aalders bronwyn@indesign.com.au Senior Designer Lauren Mickan lauren@indesign.com.au Designer Morgan Coyle morgan@indesign.com.au Production Manager Sarah Djemal sarah@indesign.com.au

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t’s been quite a revealing experience bringing together Issue #41. In the course of this issue I found many of the conversations I was having with designers, suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, company directors and more gave voice to similar concerns about employee retention and market strength. This led me on a research mission to discover the vast quantity of design talent that exists in Australia, and also the propensity for said talent to leave home shores in search of better opportunities overseas.

In this issue’s Business Report (page 61) writer and editor Andrea Millar investigates ‘what designers really want’ and what Australian employers have to offer in the way of career advancement and professional development. She finds that it’s a competitive market, interior designers in particular are ambitious and highly creative – a demanding combination when looking for ways to retain talented staff.

In our interview with Kearon Carr (page 64), he too highlights a need for increased support of local designers (industrial and furniture in this case) from local suppliers and manufacturers. Carr reflects on the Australian design community and market, acknowledging that we have a lot to compete with in terms of market competition, international exposure, and the inimitable European industry where design is next to holiness.

In gauging the career aspirations of Australia’s up-and-coming designers, I found many were graduating from university with an eye to taking their skills off-shore – quick smart! One designer summed it up well saying she intended to “get some experience in Australia” before heading “overseas to the big fish!”

In bringing together this year’s Top Ten Forces and Faces in Design (page 73), I found the perfect opportunity to emphasise the strength of talent within our region.

And while each Top Tenner is quite unique in their skills and practice, as a whole they show a commitment to working in (and with) local industry. In considering each Top Tenner, I encourage you to look at their work, but also consider what each brings to the design community and local market.

At the end of the day, though, the question still remains: Are we doing enough to retain creative talent on home soil? Perhaps this question was best articulated

by Creative Director and 2011 Top Tenner, Jess Scully, who commented in our interview: “It’s very short sighted of us as a country to rely just on 19th Century primary industry [that is, raw materials] as the basis for our economy. We’re overlooking our strengths as a young, educated, affluent, connected society. We live in the 21st Century... but are we creating conditions for innovation and forward thinking to come from Australia?” Something to think on... and I’d love to hear your thoughts – alice@indesign.com.au.

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contents TOP TEN FORCES & FACES in DESIGN

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“ We need to industry

future proof our community

89 PARTIES Indesign Corporate Culture Tiger Beer Schiavello Artemide Classique Habitus Medland Metropolis

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REGULARS

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Open Forum

14 News

News Bites

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Top Tenner & Creative Director, Jess Scully, page 84

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Top Design Graduates

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ON THE MOVE

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features 31 PEOPLE Ernesto Gismondi Justin Lamont Jim Hannon-Tan Wonder Marc Sadler Foundry 47 EVENTS Interieur Orgatec Museum of Old and New Art imm cologne

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59 BUSINESS Report: In Good Company Industry Comment: Kearon Carr Revert

Milano Furniture

Di Lorenzo

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01 sunni This is a knock-your-socks-off feature piece for outdoor settings.

Constructed with stainless steel and plantation rosewood, it is perfectly paired with an outdoor table.

Blok Furniture (61 7) 3876 4422 blokfurniture.com.au

02 cappello Italian for “cap”, ‘cappello’ is set upon a cylinder of soft white Carrara marble. The cylinder piece is sourced from the marble off-cuts of Castiglioni’s ‘Arco’ light.

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03 Tao Barazza’s ‘Tao’ cooktops feature original round pan supports in cast iron, deep recesses for each burner, ergonomically organised cooking areas, and a digital programmer.

Abey 1800 809 143 abey.com.au

04 Santorini This is engineered quartz at its most divine. Ideal for kitchen bench tops, splashbacks, vanity tops, bathroom walls and more. There are four new collections – here we see ‘Santorini’.

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Smart Stone 1300 888 607 smartstone.com.au

05 Isis The name says it all. ‘Isis’ by the Big Ass Fan Company, spans the area of nine small ceiling fans, while using a third of the energy.

Big Ass Fans (61 7) 5500 0690 bigassfans.com.au

06 Ceramic Speaker Nendo couples Mitsuke Masagasu’s elaborate designs with digital manufacturing techniques, with this prototype set of audio speakers.

07 AquaRibbon Venus ‘AquaRibbon Venus’ is a flexible waterproof LED strip light with high level light output used for heating and cooling, indoors and outdoors.

Nendo (81 3) 6661 3750 nendo.jp

Hotbeam (61 3) 9899 9411 hotbeam.com

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13 13 Ruba Design Never before have tyres looked so good! Ruba Design transforms recycled tyre matting into coasters, desk sets and more. Waterproof, heat resistant, dishwasher safe, non-slip.

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14 Pavo A fan-style space divider of folded paper, printed using silkscreen.

Once folded a unique visual effect appears through the warping and deformation of lines.

BCXSY (31) 0 647 162 410 bcxsy.com

08 Hedge Need some distance but don’t have the luxury of space? Orangebox’s ‘Hedge’ screen is a lightweight, freestanding screen manufactured under license in Australia.

Ensson (Orangebox ­– Australia) (61) 438 698 655 ensson.com.au

09 Ulrik Classic with a few special tweaks, this little stool by United Kingdom-based designer, Alex Hellum, folds up to meet its user.

Alex Hellum (44) 0 1992 550 021 alexhellum.com

10 decanterlight This crystal-ware by Lee Broom will turn your world upside-down. Sourced from antique markets and vintage stores, lights are available in original clear crystal, or polished gold finish.

Lee Broom (44) 0 2078 200 742 leebroom.com

11 Sub-Zero Pro 48 Made from heavy-gauge stainless steel, this stylish refrigerator features a digital exterior, allowing you to monitor temperature levels.

MultyFlex (61 3) 9421 0232 multyflex.com.au

12 Franke Epos A practical design featuring toughened glass surround, and stainless steel bowls with a hygienic basket for food waste. Available in black or white glass.

PR Kitchens 1800 372 653 prks.com.au

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PEOPLE JIM HANNON-TAN

a european union Perseverance and a willingness to live abroad has seen Australian-born designer Jim Hannon-Tan work with some of Europe’s best known designers, writes Elana Castle.

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t hasn’t taken Jim HannonTan very long to rack up an impressive resumé. The Australian product designer is already a co-collaborator with some of the world’s stellar brands, the likes of which include Alessi, Magis and Marcel Wanders. Within a year of completing his industrial design degree at RMIT, Hannon-Tan booked a one-way ticket to Milan, in 2001. “I wanted to push my design skills further. Being the hub of the industrial design industry, it made sense to me to take a risk and kickstart my career there,” he explains.

Given the Italian traditional approach to design, it took Hannon-Tan a while to find his feet. “I quickly discovered that the Italians have a very particular way of thinking and making. Their traditions and practices stem directly from Renaissance times but once I learned to appreciate their philosophy, things fell fairly quickly into place.”

Hannon-Tan’s first major breakthrough came in the form of the ‘Antarctica’ bowl, a piece he designed as part of a collective exhibition at the Milan Salone in 2004. “The bowl was produced as a result of experimentation with rapid prototyping machines and mathematical algorithms. I like to push, to ‘misuse’ technology to create interesting effects.” The show garnered Hannon-Tan, who happened to be working in Australia at the time, significant attention and was the catalyst for his move back to Milan.

On arriving back in Italy, Hannon-Tan immediately set his sights on working with the Alessi group. “I had visited the factory

and presented sketches in 2001 but nothing materialised. When I returned, I participated in one of their workshops and it resulted in my first Alessi piece – the ‘Nut splitter’.” Hannon-Tan was inspired by a dinner guest who used a knife to open a walnut and subsequently developed the product to reflect the ancient method in which farmers and foresters crack open nuts – with both hands and a small hole punch.

“Working for Alessi not only exposed me to the inner sanctum of the company but to one of their most prolific and talented designers, Stefano Giovannoni. Last year we collaborated on the design of a phone for iida, a Japanese product manufacturer.” The brief challenged the designers to present a creative reinterpretation of the mobile phone for the Japanese market. “Giovannoni is a master of form and communication. It’s all about shape, beauty and the subtle details of an object.” The pieces are highly reminiscent of the playfulness often seen in the Alessi ranges, simultaneously speaking to a cartoon-loving Japanese market. “We were really happy with the result,” adds Hannon-Tan. “Throughout the design process we battled to ensure we maintained real design integrity.”

Not long after the project was completed, Hannon-Tan moved to Amsterdam to work with the ubiquitous Marcel Wanders. “In Milan I matured as a designer but also developed a broader understanding of the design world.

Last year, I thought about opening my own studio but decided it would not be optimal to achieve that

in Italy and I chose to gain a new perspective abroad instead.

I have always been inspired by the innovative design culture in the Netherlands. I also love Marcel’s work. He has created a fabulous studio and brand.” Hannon-Tan’s most recent collaboration with Wanders, was the ‘Troy’ chair for furniture design company Magis.

“We designed a 3D plywood chair, using dual injection moulding to create high relief impressions in the surface of the wood.” The chair’s success has resulted in versions of the design being made into a range of materials.

“I am really excited about future possibilities,” says Hannon-Tan. He is involved in a large number of new designs at the Wanders studio as well as developing his own global strategy. “Ultimately I would like to return to Australia. I am a fan of what I see as the emergence of a distinctly Australian design style and I would like to be a part of its future development.” jim hannon-tan (39) 346 223 3017 jimhannontan.com

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Clockwise from top left » Jim Hannon-Tan » ‘Nut splitter’ by Hannon-Tan for Alessi » ‘Troy’ chair by Marcel Wanders studio for Magis » Mobile phone

by Stefano Giovannoni studio for iida and Alessi

“ I like to push, to ‘misuse’ technology to create interesting effects”

events IMM COLOGNE

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eld at the huge Koelnmesse exhibition halls in Germany’s Cologne, imm features everything from lower-end flatpack-style furniture to the latest from the world’s best-known highend furniture, textiles and lighting brands. As the first trade show for the new year, imm is seen as the fair that sets the agenda and kicks off the trends for the year ahead.

Part of this agenda-setting began back in mid-2010, when the imm cologne Trendboard gathered.

Consisting of four designers and one member of the design media, this group of experts came together to develop their ideas for the coming months. This edition saw designers Harald Gründl, Patricia Urquiola, Defne Koz and Martin Leuthold join apartamento magazine Editor, Marco Velardi, to produce the annual imm Interior Trends 2011 book.

Sitting and listening to these designers talk was an interesting experience. They spoke very little about products; their focus not really on materials or colours, but on our perceptions of design and our relationship with products. This year saw each of the four designers put together a stand at the fair, reflecting the ideas they’d developed during the Trendboard meetings. While vastly different in content, they all shared one common theme: that design and designers in Europe are taking stock following some of the most harrowing years for business and finance in decades. These are people becoming introspective, trying to find their place in a newly ordered world.

Navigating the halls of imm you can spot these feelings in the pared-back displays, where there are fewer new designs, where imaginary living rooms are centred around one or two pieces and designs are simpler, uncomplicated.

So what, then, is the role of the designer in ‘a world of less’?

If we refuse to slip back into overconsumption, will designers be the first casualties? If this year’s fair is anything to go by, then no; the designer is alive and well, they are simply being offered the opportunity to create meaningful design, rather than design for design’s sake.

We are seeing a slow realisation that our consumption of goods, from furniture to food, fashion to technology, must slow. It is a different world for which we are designing today and while many will go on consuming the way they were five years ago, there is an underlying sense that we’ve turned a corner.

Perhaps the best analogy for what we can expect from the rest of this year came from the emerging designers at the [D3] Design Talents Contest. Many of their products looked at rethinking materials, and ‘genetic splicing’ of forms and function – such as Meike Langer’s clothes rack/stool combo. The exhibition revealed a deconstruction of designs and objects we’ve seen before, put back together in new and exciting ways.

If the amazing imm cologne is anything to go by, as we move through 2011 we will be taking stock, designing with true meaning and re-evaluating the way we shape the world around us.

Text by Ben Morgan

IMM COLOGNE What: Annual trade fair When: 18 – 23 January 2011 Where: Cologne, Germany » imm-cologne.com

Clockwise from top left » ‘Schwab/Panther SP7’ tables at [D3] Contest » Surprising Empathy stand, curated by Defne Koz » ‘Beaugars’ by Meike Langer, at [D3] Contest

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n Waterloo, the newly opened Revert showroom literally stands out against a backdrop of freshly completed, uniform steel framed units in the Sydney designer district.

“We took a completely different approach to the design and presentation of the new showroom,” explains Neil Gordon Chow, Revert’s Design Manager. “Revert has been in the timber business for over 20 years, but we have recently expanded to include recycled timber and a full design and installation service which ranges from door and window framing, flooring, decking and cladding to bespoke furniture and fittings. We wanted to use the space to showcase our new extended portfolio.” The result is a completely overhauled showroom. The standard steel sections have been clad with chunky timber pieces and the entrance is now an imposing wood panelled double door. The floors were ripped up and replaced with wide floorboards, milled from sections of de-metalised telegraph poles.

Hemp curtains were installed and a panelled reception desk added as the final flourish.

The effect is remarkable. Despite the thicker nature of the wooden frames, the room proportions feel larger. Most significantly, the woody envelope gives the space a warm, inviting feel. “We work with aged timbers,” says Chow. “Some of them are over 100 years old, having spent their lives as wharf piles, bridge

members, and warehouse beams.

The beauty is that recycled timber of this nature changes over time, giving the wood a variety of hues and markings rendering it completely unique. On occasion people will ask us to retain the cross cuts and features of their previous incarnation as it adds additional character to the products.”

The recycled telegraph poles are Revert’s primary recycled resource.

“The product is a finite source,” explains Chow. “We are also able to maintain consistency in quality and colour, the hardwoods being red and grey Ironbark, Tallowwood, Spotted Gum and Blackbutt. Not to mention the environmental benefits.” Here, Revert’s products are carbon neutral and coated with a chemical-free oil sourced from Belgium.

Chow also points out the showroom’s latest addition, a hybrid design featuring two recycled struts, a glass top and a heavy-duty lazysusan style support with integrated LED lighting. “We worked with our engineer to detail the structure and mechanics of the piece,” he adds.

Chow refers to the base, which allows the table to swivel, creating a range of installation opportunities. “We feel we are constantly developing Revert to ensure there is a synergy between manufacturing, engineering, ecosensitivity and design creativity.”

Text by Elana Castle

revert Address: 1A, 207 Young Street Waterloo NSW 2017 Phone: (61 2) 9690 0558 Showroom opened: October 2010 Designer: Neil Gordon Chow Size: 80m 2 (interior), 50m 2 (exterior decking)

» revert.com.au

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Over 3 days, 45 design and creative leaders from across the globe present design is difference. Sharing their insights and experiences with 2,500 designers.

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Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre Australia 3–5 May

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museum of old and new art What: Australia’s largest privately owned & funded museum When: Opened January 2011 Where: Hobart, Tasmania » mona.net.au

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ack in December 2010, during the last few days before Christmas, Melbourne architect Nonda Katsalidis wrapped up a few loose ends – including answering questions from the media about his design for the Museum of Old and New Art, which opened in Hobart amid much fanfare. In spite of his best efforts at quiet clarity, early buzz about the museum (nicknamed MONA) in the media had been somewhat nettlesome for both architect and client.

Katsalidis’ modest adjectives and unembellished descriptions of what he views as a relatively uncomplicated building had seemed to yield some sensational – even lurid – chatter and press reports of what lay behind its rusted steel walls, as well as in the mind of its owner, art collector and Hobart native, David Walsh. “The building is about being a container for the artwork,” Katsalidis says. “The idea was to give David something with a simple layout.”

Walsh had succeeded, over the course of a handful of interviews, to convey his distaste for pageantry and his preference for directness in both architectural design and presenting art to the public; visitors would descend into MONA unceremoniously

through a hole in the ground; works would appear without labels or explanatory text; paintings would hang on frames with their backs exposed. And Walsh’s idiosyncratic art collection happens to include elements that some people find vulgar – representations of body parts and images of blood and guts.

That, coupled with a scarcity of publicly circulated photographs or renderings in the months leading up to the opening, may have contributed to salacious hype. But even without them, the sight of the growing museum expressed itself as forcefully from a distance as it did up close.

At this writing, Google Earth satellite images still show the bite mark made by the angular, concreteand-Corten steel hull that now occupies the rounded sandstone bluff like a mechanical prosthesis for the worn hip of the peninsula.

“In a way, there is no architecture when you arrive; you’re not aware of a museum per se. It just looks like a landscaped forecourt,” says Katsalidis. “There are no windows. It unfolds as you go through it. It’s an internal experience.”

A week before the official opening, Walsh, with wild salt-and-pepper hair

and a dark, steady gaze, wandered through the building, stopping to confer with employees and construction workers. He remained admiring of his architect even while arc welders buzzed atop scaffolding and fluorescent-vested crews tucked rolls of fresh sod into the landscape. For him, action outshines completion. “I want to see how all of this works,” Walsh says. “That’s the exciting part, and the part I most enjoy. The process has been the most interesting. If I had known more at the start about what I was getting into with this project, I probably would have done it completely differently… but there it is, you know?”

When phrases like “shock and awe” appear in print, it rankles. “All of that is wrong,” Katsalidis says.

“There are some spectacular spaces, but ‘shock and awe’ is a complete overstatement.” In contrast to Walsh, he looks forward to the time when the dust – both literal and metaphorical – has settled. “When David fills the place with his exhibits, it’ll be interesting to note how much of the building there is left to see.”

Text by Peter Sackett

Clockwise from top left » MONA’s outer facade » An interior view of MONA, Photos: Matthew Newton

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DQ presents THE top ten forces & faces in design FOR 2011. read on to be inspired and enlightened.

MATT WOODS • jeremy cole • abby seymour & katherine wheeler • kt doyle • jamie mclellan michael lugmayr & eva dijkstra • anna drummond • jess scully • takeshi iue • daniel barbera

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Clockwise from top left » Bloodwood fit-out » Bloodwood fit-out, detail, lighting by Volker Haug » Avido fit-out » Bloodwood fit-out » Avido fit-out, detail » Avido fit-out Bloodwood photos: The Moment It Clicks & Will Reichelet, Avido photos: Will Reichelet

MATT WOODS DESIGN Discipline: Interior design & industrial design DQ loves: Matt’s penchant for transforming dilapidated spaces into inviting interiors Contact: (61) 421 848 462 » killingmattwoods.com

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This contradiction fits in with my thinking of what constitutes a good design aesthetic, that is, a sense of contrast and drama.

THE LOOK I really like eclecticism and love the rawness of materials in their original condition. That said, I am also somewhat of a minimalist – which can conflict with the eclecticism. It’s a tough balancing act.

THE CITY Growing up in the concrete jungle has had a profound effect on my life and I’m really influenced by what society deems to be obsolete. My preferred environments are not the so-called ‘new and improved’ gentrified spaces, but are rather derelict and dilapidated buildings that are deemed no longer of use.

How we can adaptively re-use these buildings without losing their intrinsic character is an exciting design challenge. Sydney is rife with these beautiful old masonry

e describes himself as a “born and bred city kid” who loves substation-spotting in his hometown of Sydney. But he’s equally as passionate about the environment. As we talk to this creative character on life and design, we discover it’s just one of many quirks and honest contradictions that epitomise both his personality and the interiors he’s completed so far. Meet Matt Woods...

substation structures and I would love to beat my way through the radiation and call one of these home.

THE PASSION/STIMULI I’m a bit of an audiophile and have a fairly extensive music collection. I’m yet to be convinced by the age of the MP3 and still buy 99% of my music in a tangible form, be it CD or vinyl.

THE APPROACH So far, I’ve just taken opportunities when they have arisen and put faith in my own creative abilities. I’m very focussed on delivering projects that are well resolved and no matter what the project, or its budgetary constraints, I aim to ensure it is an exciting and stimulating environment to be in.

THE PROMISE I invest a lot of personal time and energy into my projects and I want spaces to appeal to me. I enjoy being part of a world that has the ability to make positive change. I’m critical of poor design, it would be hypocritical of me to make decisions that contradict my moral sensibilities and personal aesthetic.

THE PLANS I’m an industrial designer by trade and I’d like to diversify and get a few products and objects into production.

I have mates in interior design and other fields that I’d like to collaborate with. I’m just waiting for the right opportunity to present itself.

Text by Nicky Lobo

PARTIES corporate culture

“ The newly added 800m2 of showroom space quickly filled with a clan of ‘Cult’ supporters” 01 Brian Roberts, Freddy Costa 02 Showroom detail 03 James Hung, Melody Chen 04 Samantha Parsons, Brian Steendyk, Kevin Miles 05 Adriel Lack, Shannon Cloete 06 Wendy Moore, Brett Saltan 07 Jennifer Dalrymple, Megan Harrison 08 Katherina Sparti 09 Ellen Yang, Di Farmer, Dylan Moody 10 Nichola Curtis, Amy Coats, Miranda Boyle 11 Tim Stewart, Roger D’Souza

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